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Books.

M. TAINE ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CON VENTION.* THE submission of France to the Convention, the subject of this long and, it must be confessed, somewhat tediously padded- out......

The Algonquin Legends Of New England.* Tins Work Contains A

collection of the myths, legends, and folk- lore of the Algonquin Indians. The collector, Mr. Leland, well- known to literature in connection with the name of "Hans Breitmann,"......